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Prices rise at Fonterra dairy auction
Call for corporate manslaughter law
Fired farm worker awarded $40k
Auckland restaurant chain investigated for allegedly under-paying workers
Air NZ slips a place in Skytrax rankings
G8 leaders plan tough line on tax
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'Sharklets' to bite Air NZ's fuel bill
Investor taps into Tuatara Brewery
Ambulance appeals to small businesses
Farming
Farm worker awarded $40k
10:32am
Dairy farm worker awarded over $40,000 after he was sacked for allegedly dehorning cattle without anaesthetic.
Farms selling for 20% more
The pace of farm sales has quickened in recent months, with farms selling at prices 20 per cent more than a year ago.
Dairy auction prices improve
10:54am
Dairy prices at Fonterra's latest international online auction snap three-auction run of falls.
Fieldays 'on the up'
The early morning alarm on Saturday marked the final call to Fieldays for outgoing president Lloyd Downing.
Prices soar for elite cattle
The recent Royal Presentation sale saw a new benchmark set for elite dairy cattle prices in New Zealand.
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Dairy auction prices improve
Dairy prices at Fonterra's latest international online auction snap three-auction run of falls.
Farm worker awarded $40k
Dairy farm worker awarded over $40,000 after he was sacked for allegedly dehorning cattle without anaesthetic.
Prices soar for elite cattle
New support for dairying women
Farming's new normal
Volatility and uncertainly is a problem for sheep and beef farmers, Beef+Lamb boss Mike Petersen says.
Closing the gap with chilled meat
AgResearch works to improve the quality of exported frozen meat in order to reduce cost and increase profitability for producers.
100 years of shorthorn cows
Cattle care beefs up profits
Runholder rails against TB testing
High country farmer doesn't want to test for TB because inconclusive results have led to animals being needlessly slaughtered.
Lessons from export glitch
Chinese officials are expected to come to New Zealand to iron out wrinkles after last month's hold-up of sheepmeat at Chinese docks.
Artery severed in shearing accident
Man severs artery in his arm while shearing sheep north of Feilding this morning.
Likely fall in lamb kill 'offers stability'
Drop in lamb prices
Winter shearing has payoffs
Sheep might want their wool on their backs for the cold winter months, but farmers say they shear in winter to get heavier lambs and better wool.
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Harvest buoys wine industry
More than 250,000 tonnes of grapes were harvested in Marlborough this year, setting a record.
Bumper crop of feijoas
Top of the South feijoa growers are in the final throes of picking of what is set to be their biggest ever crop.
Bee immunity weakened
Psa-V plan in place
Feijoas year-round option
Picking feijoas is a family affair at the weekend for the Stones.
Opportunities must be chased
Business must better harvest free-trade opportunities if the aim of doubling overseas trade by 2025 is to be achieved.
China boon for farmers
ANZ Banking Group chief executive Mike Smith says China is about to do for Australian farmers what it did for miners a decade ago.
Key pushing for Korea FTA
Passing on of family farms to be researched
Farms selling for 20% more
The pace of farm sales has quickened in recent months, with farms selling at prices 20 per cent more than a year ago.
Why so keen to predict the future?
The news is all good for the rural economy, according to economists' crystal balls. But we all know how that can change.
Sales patter and succession
It's that time of year when farmers flock to Mystery Creek, looking for the innovations and bargains.
A career choice with variety
Farming and technology
Farming not for the unskilled
I find it disappointing that Work and Income New Zealand persists in using the agriculture and horticulture sectors as a dumping ground for unskilled labour.